Mt. Ararat High School HELP


Easy Grade Pro	Groupwise Email Web Access
Saving Rich Text Files	Setting Default Printer in WinXP
Setting Default Printer in OSX	Setting Default Printer in Schoolmaster
What's a PDF file?	Where's my Schoolmaster ICON?
Internet-related technical words and acronyms	Changing Default Program on Mac
Teacher Resource Page	Groupwise Guardian access quartine report

Easy Grade Pro

With Easy Grade Pro you can create an electronic gradebook which can be used to store student information for all of your classes / sections. It provides tools to save you time, provides a wealth of information, and allows you to generate professional reports.

Launch the program by simply clicking on the Easy Grade Pro Icon in your application launcher window.

The EasyGradePro manual is available as a pdf file.

For additional information about the EasyGradePro software you can visit their website: http://www.easygradepro.com/

Groupwise Web Access

Groupwise has a Web based component that will allow you to access your email from any computer with internet access.

In the address bar of your internet browser enter webmail.link75.org

You may be prompted to accept certificates since you will be accessing a secure (https) site. When asked if you want to proceed select YES.

The web version of Groupwise is slightly different from the Groupwise client we use here at school but most functions are similar. Webmail documentation is available as a pdf file.

Additional Groupwise Webmail documentation is available on the MSAD75 Techpage.

Saving Rich Text Files

It's really frustrating to work on a paper at home and come to school and find you are unable to open it. In order to ensure you can open your text files at any location you can save them as a RTF (Rich Text Files). You should then have the ability to open your file in any text editor (Appleworks, MS Word....).

To save a RTF:

Select FILE / SAVE AS
Choose the location you want to save your document
Name your document
In the save as type field Select RTF or (Rich Text File)

To open the file at school open Appleworks or MS Word and select FILE OPEN, select the location containing your document.

Setting your default printer in WinXP

Your default printer may be set so your computer always prints to a specific printer without having to make a selection in the print window.

To check what your default printer is click on the start menu in the lower left hand corner of your screen.
Select Printers and Faxes
This will display the list of printers installed on your computer.
One of the printers will have a small black check box next to it, that is your default printer.
To change your default printer
- Select the printer you wish to be your default by RIGHT clicking on it.
- Select Set as Default Printer
  The black check box should now be next to the printer you just selected as your new default printer.

Note: The default printer may be overridden at print time by choosing a different printer in the print dialog box.

Setting your default printer in OSX

To choose a default printer on an Apple computer
Click on the APPLE in the upper left hand corner of your screen.
Select System Preferences
Select Print & Fax
In the drop down list near Selected Printer in Print Dialog choose the printer you wish to be your default.

Note: The default printer may be overridden at print time by choosing a different printer in the print dialog box.

Setting your default printer in Schoolmaster

Schoolmaster needs to have a default printer selected in order to print.

To select your default
File / Print setup from the drop down menu. Select the printer you want as your default.
Click OK

Save a tree - when prompted for output destination choose SCREEN to preview the output prior to sending to print.

What is a PDF file?

A PDF file is a file that requires Adobe Reader to open. All the computers in the school have Adobe Reader installed on them.

If you are having trouble opening a PDF file try this:

Right Mouse CLICK on the file
Select OPEN WITH
This will open a selection box with a list of software, select Adobe Reader
ENTER

This will launch the Adobe Reader application and open the file.

If you are having trouble opening a PDF file on your personal computer you can download the latest Adobe Reader version HERE.

What happened to my Schoolmaster ICON?

Sometimes when you login to Windows an Icon may be missing from you desktop. In the past this has happened frequently with the Schoolmaster ICON. To access schoolmaster open your Novell application launcher window. Most of the common application you use will be accessible in that window.